I don’t know how I feel about the juxtaposition of MC Hammer and Eazy-E towards the end, but this was an impressive effort at the time of its release. Getting all of those artists together on one track to speak out against the Bloods/Crips violence was just short of being another USA for Africa.
The West Coast All Stars – “We’re All In The Same Gang”
Listen for Ice T’s verse. Digital Underground’s verse is pretty amazing as well.
As a bonus, here they are on the Arsenio Hall Show, which in retrospect was a more interesting and courageous show than any late-night talk shows that I can recall. Arsenio made his guests squirm with some tough questions and didn’t shy away from controversy.
And by the way, that’s Tupac standing in for Shock G as Humpty.
